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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA (Part 1)

Not being much of a museum fan, I actually visited the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA because I was dragged along by family members. I have to say, it was kind of interesting to see the different historical gadgets in the museum. If you do visit, be sure to remember that tripods, backpacks, and flash photography isn't allowed inside, so make sure you bring your good camera and fast lens with good low light performance. I took 26 photos there and I will be splitting them into two parts. I most likely won't be making too much comments about the photos for these as I have no clue what most of them are. Hope you enjoy the photos I took in the museum.

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Schickard built two calculators about 1623. One, for his astronomer friend Johannes Kepler, was destroyed by fire. The other, as far we know, lost. We now about them only from Schickard's handwritten letters, which contain sketches of what he had built.

Sign reads:

Babbage Difference Engine No. 1. Demonstration Piece.

Three-quarter-scale replica, Replica by Roberto Guatelli, US, 1972

Only a small demonstration assembly of Babbage's first Difference Engine was built. This scale model of that assembly was a gift to retiring IBM CEO. Vincent Learson.

Left sign too blurry.

Right sign reads:

Printing Card Punch, Powers Samas, UK, ca. 1954

Competing pioneer Maurice Wilkes consulted on the design of this printer, which was used to produce the Atlas of the British Flora in 1962.

Sign reads:

ENIAC on a Chip, University of Pennsylvania, US, 1995

In celebration of ENIAC's 50th Anniversary, the machine was reimplemented (guessing on this word)... (cut off)

The Atanasoff-Berry Computer made by mathematician and physicist John Atanasoff. Can't really read the other stuff on the sign.

IBM Fortran Coding forms.

No clue what this is.

A machine gun scope. Other stuff on the sign is too blurry.

Sign reads:

Bosch ABS-2 Controller, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany, 1978

The computerized ABS controller is only part of the anti-lock (I am guessing the rest) brake system. (cut off)

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